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Durga Paudel
दुर्गा पौडेल
Vice Chairperson of Rastriya Janamorcha
Assumed office
2016
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Preceded by Bam Dev Gautam
Constituency Pyuthan 1
Member of Constituent Assembly for
Rastriya Janamorcha party list
In office
21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Personal details
Born (1971-09-21) 21 September 1971 (age 52) [1]
CitizenshipNepali
Political party Rastriya Janamorcha
Spouse Mohan Bikram Singh

Durga Paudel (also Poudel; Nepali: दुर्गा पौडेल) is a Nepali politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. [2] [3] She was elected under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system, as a candidate from Rastriya Janamorcha and with the support of the left alliance, [4] from Pyuthan 1. [5] [2] She defeated Dr. Govinda Raj Pokharel of Nepali Congress. [2] She received 47,514 votes to Pokharel's 31,286. [2] She was one of only six women to be elected to parliament under the FPTP system. [2]

At the third national conference of Rastriya Janamorcha in 2016, she had been elected as one of the two vice chairs of the party. [6]

References

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Six women elected to parliament under FPTP system". South Asia Check. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Durga Paudel". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Development Committee members take exception to inclusion of contractors". Setopati. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Opposition parties flay government". The Himalayan Times. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Chitra Bahadur KC reelected Rastriya Janamorcha chairman". The Himalayan Times. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2019.